Research

An example of faculty work in Regional Planning is below.

Professor Karen R. Polenske[1] has been concentrating in DUSP on domestic and international Regional Planning research and teaching since the early 1970s. Some of the recent and current research projects include:

Regional restructuring implications of land-recycling in China (including a comparative analysis with Brazil and India)

Analysis of the sources of regional economic growth in Appalachia's non-metropolitan counties

Professor P. Christopher Zegras[3] teaches urban transportation planning, statistics, and land use-transportation planning in DUSP and is the MIT Lead for the MIT- Portugal Program, Transportation Systems Focus Area, and is a member of the Campus Energy Task Force of the MIT Energy Initiative. Current research projects include the following, the first of which were developed as part of the MIT Portugal Program, in collaboration with three Portuguese universities: IST, Coimbra, and Porto:

Strategic options for integrating transportation innovations and land development

Travel behavior of the leading edge baby boomers: evidence from age-restricted communities in suburban Boston

China urban design studios: lessons and directions for the clean energy city

Professor Ciro Biderman's research interests include urban and regional economics focused on public policies at the sub-national level, with particular emphasis on land policies and its interaction with real estate markets and transport costs. Current research projects include:

Determinants of informality in housing in Latin American cities

Participatory budget and its impact on economic, social and fiscal outcomes

Mobility, integration and accessibility in São Paulo Metropolitan Area (SPMA)